Is this dime real????

So I was given this dime a long time ago by my grandmother and I forgot about it until my son started looking through all of my coins. It’s a dime that has takes on both sides. One side is struck normal and the other side is not. Any help would be great. Thanks

 

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@paddyman98 what say you?

 

Welcome to Coin Talk. Are these photos of the same coin? Clearer photos would also help. If they are the same coin IMO it's a fake.

 

I don't believe this is a real US coin.

 

Interesting.. Reverse image brockage strike?

 

It appears to be a magician's coin. the come in all configurations and denomination, and often screw apart. Usually a very thin cut can be seem inside the rim on one side or other. There are several on eBay such as this one. Jim

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-DOUBLE-S...-Magic-Trick-Joke-Gag-Prank-Bet-/401169314481

 

If you look at the image carefully it seems to be the reverse image of the reverse side. A magician's coin would not look that way.
I am thinking a kind of Brockage - Definition: A brockage is an incuse, mirror-image design generated when a coin is struck into a planchet.

 

I will try and take more photos or even a small video. This way you can see it better. Also I will weigh it and see if it weighs 2.268 grams. All of the magician coin’s that I just looked up look absolutely nothing like the one I have. I’m just really confused as to what it is. It used to be in a case with something on it but unfortunately it is no longer in that. I’m sure my son did something years ago to it when he would inspect the coins we have.

 

IMO I would go with what @paddyman98 said in his last post about being a brokage. You can also contact @Fred Weinberg for his opinion as he's also an expert on error coins.

 

It could well be what Paddy says the photos are rather fuzzy for me. Weight would be important.

Hope it has value so you will keep the enthusiasm going! Jim

 

It seems a little thick, is my first impression. Brockage second.

 

Thanks. I might just contact him to see what he says.

 

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He is a member here. Hopefully he sees that he has been tagged.
But, prolly wont answer till the beginning of the week, depending if he has a show or not.

Can you get clearer photos of the side in question?
Ps it is always best to hold coins by their third side.
fingerprints can damage the surface's, and it will lose value.

 

I agree with @paddyman98 it looks like a brockage to me, but I know very little about errors

 

http://www.error-ref.com/struck_clad_layer_split_off_after_strike/

 

I say brokage also

 

That's not what the dime in question is.

 

@Mernskeeter
This is a brockage
http://www.error-ref.com/brockage-full/

 

I think it's weight is the key to put this definitively into a sub category.
I'm following this so I learn more.